The next day May woke up relieved. She remembered that Brendan had comforted her and smiled gently.

Although next, she slapped herself mentally because the reason she split her journey with him was to become tougher and not be as soft as she was.

"I guess I'll never change" May said, accepting the facts about her.

Hearing a knock at the door, May jumped.

She got up and put up the happiest face she could.

"Hey Brendan!" May said cheerfully while opening the door.

But when she saw who it was, she was completely embarrassed.

"O-oh Drew!" she said awkwardly.

Drew was hurt at her expecting Brendan (also, when her cheerful expression turned into something that of disappointment didn't help.) But as usual he was doing a great job hiding any unwanted emotions.

"Hey there May." Drew said back.

"So...what's up?" she said.

Drew answered back awkwardly, "Nothing really..."

"Look, I'm sorry for yesterday. I don't know what I said but I'm sorry." he said looking away cause of his blushing face.

"Oh it's nothing! I shouldn't have run away like that." she said, embarrassed again.

"HEY MAY! YOU UP YET!" yelled a familiar voice down the hall.

Before May could answer, Drew was turned around and clearly annoyed. "Hey! Some people are sti-" but he was cut off when he realized he was talking to a person's torso.

Drew looked up slightly to see an accustomed face.

"Hey May! And this is..." Brendan said curiously.

"This is Drew! And Drew this is Brendan." May said.

"Hello Drew!" the white haired man said with a smile.

"Hi there Brendan" said the smaller gentleman. Drew held his hand out for a half-assed handshake.

Brendan took it but things just seemed to get awkward...

But for some reason, the awkward tension disappeared when May popped in between the two and asked "So...breakfast?"

The threesome walked downstairs to breakfast. They got to a table and were deciding who sits where.

It was just a normal booth with a window no problem right? Wrong!

Drew was thinking too much into it. "If I sit next to May I might not be able to focus on eating, but if I sit next to Brendan I might not be able to stomach my food down..."

Drew was thinking while Brendan sat down, and May pushed Drew to sit next to him.

May sat on the opposite side.

"That answers my question..." Drew thought irritably.

After everyone ate, they sat in the Pokemon center wondering what to do.

Drew learned that Brendan was a trainer and coordinator. Well...only a coordinator when May was traveling with him.

"Hmmm...so that's who May was with when she left on her own that year..." Drew thought.

May was facing Drew and explaining that Brendan was her friend/traveling buddy.

Then turning to face Brendan, Drew heard May telling him that he was her rival.

Something then struck Drew's heart.

He felt hurt that May thought of him only as her rival.

"I got to go." Drew said abruptly, getting up in the process.

Before questions went flying, he left. His head held not so high, Drew walked out of the Pokemon Center.

He walked and walked. Walking eventually cause him to walk into a wall with a poster. Taking a look at it, he noticed it was for the upcoming Pokemon contest that Ambrosia was famous for.

Drew was just reading the rules he already knew but something caught his eye.

He rushed back to the Pokemon center to tell May of what he learned.

When he got there, he looked around trying to find where May went.

After a long hide-and-seek game, he finally found her (with Brendan.) He asked her if she knew...

"May, do you have a partner for the contest yet?" Drew said trying to be smug, but also trying to surprise her.

Unexpectedly, she said "Yes I do. It's Brendan!" she said pointing at the man eating an apple.

Drew got so ticked off he almost exploded trying to hold it back "Oh well good for you. I'll be rooting...you two... on." trying to squeeze out those last four words out.

"You're not entering?" May exclaimed.

"Yeah I already have my 5 ribbons." he said.

"REALLY?" May asked genuinely surprised.

"Yes." Drew said, taking his case out.

"Well I need to catch up! I only have four!" She started dragging Brendan out to the training field.

As her eyes twinkle with determination, his dulled with sadness. (Also, Brendan's eyes were crying because May caused him to drop his apple.)